A private name (5)

I believe the answer is:

tommy

I believe this is a double definition.

'a private' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'name' is the second definition.

(Other definitions for tommy that I've seen before include "Bread" , "Private soldier (slang)" , "Private in the Army - kind of gun" , "British soldier (informal)" , "Doubtful apostle could be so familiar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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